- What is their approach/ what tradition does their work belong to?
- What is their work about?
- How is their work made? Equipment used?
- Where have they published their work (books etc.)?
I will now research Sanders background information and his most credible work...
EARLY YEARS
- born 1876 and died 1964
- Later described as " most important German portrait photographer of the early 20th Century"
- First learned about photography by assisting a photographer working for a mining company
- own studio in 1911
SERIES "PEOPLE OF THE 20 TH CENTURY"
- A collection of 200 photographs
- Sander put the images in 7 categories- the farmers, artists, classes and professions, women, the last people
- Wanted to portray his fellow countrymen and document the German community
- Images portray peoples fashion
- Series featured in book " Faces of our time"
FACES OF OUR TIME
- Book seized and destroyed by the Nazis
- From then on captured landscapes instead
- 60 portraits included in book
SOME OF HIS PORTRAITURE WORK
(Images discussed in workbook)
The portraits have in common-
- black and white documentary style
- people look straight into Sanders camera
- capture a sense of community
- people are almost always in centre of image
LANDSCAPES
After Sander had his book " Faces of our time" seized he moved onto shooting German landscapes. He seems to capture culture and dramatises the scene.
HAND STUDIES
Like many in those days, Sander did hand studies where he captures a persons hobbies/ occupation through what the hands in the images are doing. Some have a sepia tone.
EQUIPMENT USED BY SANDER
- Sander favoured a large format camera with quite lengthy exposure times.
QUOTE
- "Let me speak the truth in all honesty about our age"
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